Shingle strip



A. S. SPEEH.

SHINGLE STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I2. 1919.

l ,412,295. Patented Apr. 11, 1922.

/Iv VENTO/e lex/ander /oeer i a citizen-of the United companying drawings, i

- :tering of the corners 13 UNITED-"sTA'rss PATENT OFFICE.

s. sPEEn., or CHICAGO, Immers.. assIoNon To THE :ROOEING rA'rENTs company, A CORPORATION sm'NeLn To `all whom t may concern:

` States of America, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and.` State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefull Improvements in Shin le Strips, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the acforming a .part thereof.

The invention relates to prepared rooting and particularly to that which is rformed in strips having notches extending transversely into the stripat intervals'along oner ed e of the same to simulate the appearanc'eo separate shingles when Vthe strips are laid upon the roof in overlappingrelation. The object of the invention is to provide a new form of shingle strip: which affords more complete protection Afor theroof upon which it is laid and involves anfeconomicaluse of the sheet material from whichthe shingle strips are produced. In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan 'view showing a plurality of the improved shingle strips laid upon the roof, the relative position. of the upper or covered edge of one 'ofthe shingle strips with respect to thesupe'rimposed strips beinindicated by dottedlines;

ig..2 is a'plan view of the web and a severedshingle strip, Figs. 3 and 4 are plan of shingle strips.

- Theimproved. shingle strip'lO is prefer- 35 -ably of suicient lengthtocomprise a plurality of connected shingle tabs 1'1, shown asfour in number,with intervening slots or gutters 12. These shingle tabs-constitute thfportion .of the'strip which is errposed to. the weather, when in use, and a desirable ornamental appearance and other advantages are obtained without in anywise detracting from the utility/,of the strip. if each of the shingle tabs 11 is formed Vwith chamfered corners 1 3. Preferably the line of chamegrtends at any angle of 45 to the Afront edge of the strip and reaches to half the length of the intervening slots 4or gutters 12. The slots or gutters have' parallel side walls, so that each shingle tab has over a portion of its length parallel`side edges. The slots or gutters are of a depth corresponding to the amount of weather given the shingle strips. Thus y l Specification Of Letters Patent. Patented lApplication illed November 12, 191.9. Serial ITO-.$87,517.

Be it known lthat I, ALEXANDER S. Srnnn`,

or DELAWARE Apr. 1.1, 1922.

when laid each shingle tab will be separated rom adja'centtabs by the'slots or gutters. the said slots or gutters extending the full width of the strip exposed tothe weather, as clearly shown. in Figure 1.

Under these circumstances the remainder vof the striplO- may comprise, without waste of`material, a continuous body portion 14 having the full lwidth usually provided for the portion of a covered by succeedinglayers of similar strips, k,when in use, and a series ot' extensions 15 arranged along the back or covered edge 16 of the strip 1n line with the gutters or slots 12. It follows that if each of the extensions 15 conforms in shape with the material removed' yfrom between the outer end portions of two adjacent shingle tabs 11, a plurality of the shingle strips 10 may be completely formed from a-length of web 17 to the combined widths of the equal only strips from the free edges of the shingle v tabs 11 to the rear edge 16 of the main body of the strip. When this conportion 14 struction is used the only part-of the original web 17 which 'is Y discarded comprises the short tongues'18 (Fig. 2) vremoved from the inner end portions of the slots 12 while the full width of the shingle strips 10 from the free edges of the -shingle tabs 11 to the rear edge 16 of the main body portion 14 of the strip may be only two and one-half times the length of the shingle tabs and still permit ofthe strips being laid upon the roof with the full dlength of the shingle tabs ex- -posed to the weatherand with two full layers ofrooiing material covering all parts of the roof to the inner ends of the gutters or slots 12. The strips-are desirably fastened to the roof as usual with nails 19 introduced just abovevthe inner ends of the slots 12. The nails are thus covered by the shingle tabs 11 of the nextoverlying strip and each one of the extensions 15 is firmly held to the roof by at a point immediately beyond the end of the extension.

HEISSUE shingle strip which is to be The strips 11 and discarded tongues 18 areconveniently cut from theweb; 17.by means of the" machine forming the subjectof Patent No. 1,249,544 granted to 'me' December' 11, 1917. I

It will be, understood that the shingleutabs- 11 may have roundedendslas 30. (Figf) or curvedcorners as 3l (Figd'), therespective extensions 33 and Sitcorresponding, gener-vv ally, to. the spaces between adjacent shingleA tabs. A

I claim' as my invention l. A shingle strip having spacedtrans versely extending slots in one side ed e, dividing the strip at the said'edge into s i'ingle" tabs, the slotsvextending the-ffulldepth of the strip to be exposed to the Weather when laid, Wherebyto canse the strips When laid with the slotted edge of each succeeding strip at the inner ends of the slots of the preceding strip `to present the appearance of individual shingles, each strip having an aggregate width of twice the length of a shingle tab, and having projecting tabs in alinenient with the slots whereby when the strips are laid as above specilied.l there will be two layers of stri beneath each slot.

2. A shingle strip ieving one edge slotted at intervals'over'the depth of the strip to be exposed to the .Weather to form shingle tabs, and having at the opposite edge, and in alinement with thc slots, projecting tabs7 whereby to reinforce and strengthen the strip transversely at the slots7 the striphav'- ing a minimum width ygreeter than the lengthof a shingle tab, whereby Whenfthe strips are laid with the slotted edge of each strip flush `with the inner end of the slots of th'e preceding strip the laid roof. will present the appearance of individual-shingles, and beneeth eeeh slot there will be two layers of strip.

3.; A shingle strip having at one side edge a plurality of shingle tabs separated and spaced apart *frerneachv other on lines extending transversely of the strip and' of e depth corresponding to the Width of the lap to be exposed to the weather, the inner ends of the lines of separation between the shingle tabs being s ets having parallel side Walls, the shingle tebs being 'of a length less than half the Width of thel strip-fend the strip having vleterelly veitendin tabs at the opposite side edge tronithe .shingle tabs and in aiinernent Withthe jslotsg' where by When-the' strips erer laid 'in leqig'eing"r'eL A` lation, there. will bev two lsyers of'strip beneath each slit. i

shingle strip cornprisilrig a Weather portion". o'nposed of"- al plurality of: eqnal shingle' tabs 'separated on lines extending .transversely of the-stri and of a depth corresponding to Y"the width of the lap to be exposed to the Weather, thejnner ends of thelines of separation being 'slots with. parallel side walls, a body portion to which the tabs are connectedof a' Width greater than the length-'of a shingle tab and less than a multiple of the llength of the said tab, and projectionsat the far edge of the body portion from the shingle tabs spaced in accordance with the spacing of the said slots and alinivng with the slots, each of the said projections being of a length eqal to the difference between the width ofthe body portion and-ithesaid multiple of the length of the shingle tabs.

5. A shingle strip having at one sidel edge similarI shingle tabs spaced apart at their adjacent side edges 'by notches extending transversely of the strip and of a depth corresponding to the Width of the strip to be exp'osed'to the weather7 the inner ends of thefnotches having perellelside wells,

and having at `the othersidefedge laterally extendi'n tabs, the strip having an'aggre- Wi th ate'r than twice the length of the Shing e tabs, end the laterally ex'- tending Atebebeing in alinement with the notches7 whereby when the strips are lapped with. the shingle tabs to the Wes-ther, there will be two `layers of shingle strip beneeth each notch.

6. A shingle strip having at' one side edge a plurality of shingle tabs separated and spaced epert from each other on ylines eiftending transversely of the strip andere depth corresponding to the VWidth. of the iep to be exposed te the Weather, the: inner ends ot the lines of separation bet-Ween' hthe shingle tabs being slots heving perellel; side walls', and the strip having laterally entending tabs Von the edge opposite thefshingle tabs and in elineinent with seid'sletlsfor the purpose described 'ALEXANDER Si YSPEER, 

